Youth & Young Adults

Here you will find information and resources on topics related to mental health challenges affecting youth and young adults.

Featured Resource

Balancing Our Minds 2017

With support from the Canucks for Kids Fund, BC Children's Hospital is seeking communities in British Columbia interested in planning and delivering a Balancing Our Minds Youth Summit in their community. For more information on how to bring Balancing Our Minds to your community, visit the new BOM webpage.

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Welcome to the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre website! On this site, you will find useful information on a wide range of topics related to mental health challenges that can affect youth and young adults. The site also has links to many additional resources that were developed with youth and young adults in mind.

MindShift

Struggling with anxiety? Tired of missing out? There are things you can do to stop anxiety and fear from controlling your life. MindShift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety.

MindShift will help you learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help you take charge of your anxiety.

You can download the free MindShift app through the iTunes store or Google Play.

Mindfulness: Youth Voices

This video features youth discussing practicing mindfulness, and how mindfulness has benefited different aspects of their lives. For more mindfulness resources, click here.

Upcoming Events

Pinwheel Education Series: Back to School Anxiety

For people living with anxiety, certain times of year can trigger heightened levels of anxiety, and distress. Going back to school after the long days of summer is a big shift in a child or youth’s schedule. For some, the thought of returning to the classroom can give rise to anticipatory anxiety and fears of what it will be like to start a new school year.

YOUTH IN RESIDENCE

We have Youth in Residence who provide support, navigation, and resources to youth from across B.C.! Learn more here!

Mindcheck.ca: Interactive Website

mindcheck.ca is a youth and young adult-focused interactive website where visitors can get support that includes: education, self-help tools, website links, and help connecting to local resources.

Youth Ambassador Program

The Youth Ambassador Program gives BC youth and young adults (aged 17-25) an opportunity to engage in promoting mental health and well-being amongst their friends, families, peers and communities. For more information, click here.

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Resources

Transition Planning for Youth & Young Adults (Government of BC)

Transitioning to adulthood can be particularly challenging for youth with developmental disabilities and their families. A Services to Adults With Developmental Disabilities (STADD) navigator can help.

Pinwheel Education Series Recording: Youth & the Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis is in the hearts and minds of people all across the province. This devastating public health emergency is especially top of mind for parents, educators, and health care providers as they endeavour to protect those they love, and those they work with. In this Pinwheel, our panel will cover an overview of the opioid crisis (including dispelling misinformation), discuss how it is affecting youth, and talk about the take home naloxone program.

Gender Inclusive Washrooms--talk by Nathan Strayed

Nathan is a trans* masculine identified individual. In this talk he will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the trans community and what we can do to help these individuals feel safe in public space.

BC’s Information Source for Children, Youth & Families

BC Children's Hospital

This is an agency of Provincial Health Services Authority, providing provincial tertiary mental health services to the citizens of British Columbia. Programs include: Adult Tertiary Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Services, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Women’s Reproductive Mental Health, as well as the Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for children and youth located at the BC Children’s Hospital.

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is one of six health authorities – the other five health authorities serve geographic regions of BC.

Ministry of Health

British Columbia Ministry of Health

RBC Children's Mental Health Project

RBC Children’s Mental Health Project is RBC's cornerstone “health and wellness” pillar; RBC Children’s Mental Heath Project is a multi-year philanthropic commitment to support community-based and hospital programs that reduce stigma, provide early intervention and increase public awareness about children’s mental health issues.

BC Children's Hospital Foundation

Through a wide range of fundraising events and opportunities, The BC Children's Hospital Foundation is united with its donors by a single, simple passion - to improve the health and the lives of the young people who enter BC Children's Hospital every day.